In the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle, on a late winter day, the life of a 29-year-old Black/African American woman named Fariya Fay Yusuf was tragically cut short. On March 4, 2023, what began as a conversation between friends concluded in a hail of gunfire that left Yusuf dead outside her own apartment in the 7100 block of 42nd Avenue South. The person charged with her murder was a longtime friend, 26-year-old Jamila Abdi.
The evening's events, as pieced together by investigator
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